The thin wafers of paper were fragile with old angers.
Crimes of history, I thought to myself, can stay in history.
What we need is to concern ourselves with the injustices
of today. Expedience still demands decisions which will
one day be judged unjust. Out loud I said, "Why not leave
the dead to bury the dead?"
"Dead?" she asked. "I'm not dead. You're not dead. Who's
dead?"
-Obasan,
Joy Kogawa
Based on the short sentences in Emily's response to
Naomi, what mood is the author trying to create?
O important and urgent
* obedient and exhausted
O calm and patient
O excited and triumphant
Done
